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A COURT DRESS OF BLACK VELVET

CIRCA 1810-1820

Details
A COURT DRESS OF BLACK VELVET
CIRCA 1810-1820
trimmed with silver and gold lace throughout, slightly trained, with high waisted bodice,
Provenance
Stanford Hall, Leicestershire
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Further details
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Lot Essay

This dress may have been worn by Sarah Otway-Cave, 3rd Baroness Braye. Her husband, Henry Otway, died in 1815. The colour of the dress suggests that the lady was a widow. The luxuriousness of the velvet and the expense of the silver and gold laces suggest a lady of some considerable style and substance.

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